Born and raised in Montreal, Tom cut his teeth working in community television in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory before joining APTN as a cameraman/editor in 2008. In 2015 he was promoted to Video Journalist and has since helped cover important stories such as the Muskrat Falls protest in Labrador and anti-pipeline actions in North Dakota.

Russell may be passionate but way off base… Fair like everyone else??? We are not everyone else. Her Majesty’s Jail would not house Anishnaabec peoples because we do not FALL UNDER MAJESTY rule.To jail one of us is to invite open war with all of us…. However??? The Innut decided to become CANADIAN CITIZENS many years ao so THEY are not able to cry fowl anymore!